Patricia sat taking notes about everything being said in class. Her mind wandered for a bit and a thought came to her. "Professor, isn't a plant cutting a way of prolonging a plant's life?" she asked innocently. "Unless we can't use an unhealthy/weak plant for that type of salvage operation..."

She had seen her mother doing 'cuttings' of her favorite plants that had grown too big for their planters at home. True, the plants had seemed healthy to her untrained eye.